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So you thought there were 800 million Windows 10 Devices that will get Microsoft’s most recent out-of-band emergency patch? Think again. As the company announced on Twitter today, Windows 10 now runs on over 900M devices. That’s a bit of bad timing, but current security issues aside, the momentum for Windows 10 clearly remains steady. […] Continue reading Windows 10 now runs on over 900M devices
Many election commissions are focused on quickly adapting and updating their cybersecurity; however, commissions still need to dedicate resources to updating outdated operating systems and protecting their email domains from being spoofed, according to… Continue reading Cyber risk assessment of U.S. election commissions finds critical areas for improvement
Security researchers have discovered almost a dozen zero-day vulnerabilities in VxWorks, one of the most widely used real-time operating systems (RTOS) for embedded devices that powers over 2 billion devices across aerospace, defense, industrial, medic… Continue reading Critical Flaws Found in VxWorks RTOS That Powers Over 2 Billion Devices
There is a steady increase in attacks and changes in attack methods that target weaknesses in encryption, workload configuration, limited visibility into vulnerabilities and outdated and unsupported operating systems, according to a research by Alert L… Continue reading Most SMB devices run Windows versions that are expired or will expire by January 2020
A security researcher who last year bypassed Apple’s then-newly introduced macOS privacy feature has once again found a new way to bypass security warnings by performing ‘Synthetic Clicks’ on behalf of users without requiring their interaction.
Last J… Continue reading macOS 0-Day Flaw Lets Hackers Bypass Security Features With Synthetic Clicks
An anonymous hacker with an online alias “SandboxEscaper” today released proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for a new zero-day vulnerability affecting Windows 10 operating system—that’s his/her 5th publicly disclosed Windows zero-day exploit [1, 2, 3]… Continue reading PoC Exploit For Unpatched Windows 10 Zero-Day Flaw Published Online
Ten years is almost ancient history in the computing world. Going back twelve years is almost unheard of, but that’s about the time that Palm released the last version of their famed PalmOS, an operating system for small, handheld devices that predated Apple’s first smartphone by yet another ten years. …read more
Manufacturing networks still running outdated technology could risk their intellectual property and production processes. The Trend Micro report, Securing Smart Factories: Threats to Manufacturing Environments in the Era of Industry 4.0, outlines the s… Continue reading The unique business-critical threats facing converged IT-OT systems
If users have an impacted devices, they need to immediately run a backup of their files and restore their operating system to factory settings, said ASUS Continue reading ASUS Patches Live Update Bug That Allowed APT to Infect Thousands of PCs
Getting into the weeds of operating systems is daunting work. Especially when the operating system involved is a fully featured modern PC operating system with millions of lines of code all working together to integrate hardware and software seamlessly. One such operating system “weed” is figuring out how to handle …read more